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Scientists have created robots the size of a pencil tip intended to travel through the body to deliver medicine to infections inside a beating heart. The bots, designed to replace risky open-heart surgery and ineffective IV-drug therapy to treat life-threatening heart infections, could also be used to less invasively and more precisely treat other hard-to-reach diseases, including cancer. “With just a little…
Consumers who buy Affordable Care Act health insurance are going to see changes both big and small as open enrollment for 2027 coverage kicks off. These include premium increases, possible additional identity checks, potential delays in working with a broker, and new limits on which immigrants can get subsidies. Shoppers need to plan accordingly. Open enrollment starts Nov. 1 in most states. Idaho, Connecticut, and…
Halloween excitement, not sugar, may be behind your child’s “sugar rush,” experts say. Your child eats a handful of Halloween candy and suddenly seems to be bouncing off the walls. It may be tempting to blame the sugar, but there could be a simpler explanation: Halloween is exciting. Kids are dressing up, running around the neighborhood, seeing friends, and coming home with a haul of treats they don’t usually have.…
We’re hearing a ton about the marvels of testosterone from influencers, celebrities, and even government officials. They say we should be thinking about our T levels, topping them off with extra if they’re too low. And we’re told that the benefits of testosterone are HUGE: that w
What does it truly cost a human being to lead a nation through an existential war while the world watches from afar? President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reveals the psychological toll of continuous survival, the grim realities of geopolitical negotiation, and what keeps him still stand
My guest today is Bill Gates, co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft and chairman of the Gates Foundation. You may have noticed Bill in the news more lately — he’s been on something of a tour for the past few months talking about AI risk, and how crucial it is that we start takin
After a stupendously fast and disorienting pop-star ascent, Chappell Roan has been relatively quiet this year, or at least she was relatively quiet until last week. In the past seven days, Roan has been back on her pop-star bullshit. She appeared on the remix to her friend Olivia
Pan was charming, talented, refined—and discreet about his homosexuality, in the manner of his generation. As Audrey Hepburn once said, “Hermes was terribly like Fred; it’s unbelievable how much of Fred rubbed off on Hermes, and perhaps of Hermes on Fred.”
Kevin McHale, Heather Morris, Jane Lynch and more original stars of Glee reacted to news that the Ryan Murphy series is getting a reboot 11 years after the Fox finale.
A stranger is behaving horribly in public. Do you record them?
You witness a stranger berating a service worker in public. Recording could create accountability and protect the worker, but posting the video could expose everyone involved to a permanent online audience.
A parent clearly built the winning science project. Who should lose the prize?
An elementary student submits an elaborate science project far beyond their apparent ability. The parent proudly describes working together all weekend, and the child clearly learned something, but other students completed simpler projects themselves.